Lori+Sheldon

Room: **Wild Rose A**

= Coaching Virtually =

= **Lori Sheldon** =
 * **Wayne Highlands School District**
 * **K-12 Technology Integration Coach**
 * Sheldon.lori@waynehighlands.org
 * []
 * 6 buildings (4 one the same complex, the other two are 30-40 mins away from home base, in opposite directions)

=Jason Heiser=

As coaches, our time is limited and cloning us is not an option. Have you ever felt pulled in several directions at one time, wishing you could be everywhere? In this session we will explore tools and techniques for coaching virtually.
 * · Participants will be able to use tools (most already at their disposal) to communicate with teachers virtually.
 * · Participants will learn a set of techniques to best accomplish virtual coaching.

Tools for "just in time" support:

 * skype (screen sharing)
 * google chat
 * oovoo
 * ichat
 * phone
 * email

For phone support, I don't like to give out my cell or home number, so I got a [|Google Voice] phone number.
 * Link several numbers to Google Voice, it can ring in multiple locations.
 * Voicemail messages are transcribed into texts/written messages.

Maintaining an online presence:

 * resources
 * how-tos

How-tos:
//On a Mac://
 * Create text documents, PowerPoints, Keynotes, or Google Presentations. I often upload PowerPoints and Keynotes into Google Presentations because that gives me an embed code to place in my wiki. (example)
 * To take screenshots...and be able to annotate, I use [|Skitch].
 * Create enhanced podcasts, with images. (I use Keynote for the slides/visuals and send them to GarageBand, where I put it all together. This is nice if you want to narrate your slides.) ([|example])
 * Take screencasts and upload them to the web... I love ishowu hd, but Jing, Camtasia, and Quicktime also allow you to do this.

On a PC:

Jason shared Sharepoint

Places to house screencasts and/or slideshows: (depending on what is open/blocked)
[|Vimeo] [|SchoolTube] [|YouTube] [|HowCast] [|TeacherTube] [|Slideshare]

Boot Camp Session Notes:
Tools that coaches can use to connect with teachers:

Gmail Chat Email Skype (updated version allows for screen sharing) Oovoo

We need to meet teachers where they are.... so if they are most comfortable calling or emailing, go with that.

We discussed the idea of having a web presence with tutorials for teachers. Tutorials can be housed in a variety of places, such as: Moodle, Wiki, Google Site, District Site Tools for screen capture: Jing, iShowu (mac), newest version of Quicktime, Smart Recorder, Promethean Recorder, Camtasia.... Places for housing tutorials: YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, (Jason showed us Microsoft SharePoint) Places for housing slides (presentations): Slideshare,net....

Skitch - on mac - allows you to take a screenshot and annotate it